EAST Grampians Health Service has recognised the work and support of its 150 volunteers at the 19th Volunteer Service Recognition Awards, including an incredible 50 years\u2019 service by Marg Young.<\/p>\n
At the awards, 25 volunteers were recognised for five, 10, 15, 20, 30, 35 and 50 years.<\/p>\n
Marg Young said volunteering had been incredibly rewarding.<\/p>\n
\u201cI knew from the age of 16 when I was a volunteer for the Red Cross in Maryborough, that I wanted to be involved with the elderly,\u201d Mrs Young said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have volunteered at EGHS in Pyrenees House, Pickford House, 70 Lowe Street, Garden View Court, Meals on Wheels and the EGHS Residents\u2019 Support Group.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe many lovely people you meet on your way and the love and support has been amazing. To walk into an aged care facility or deliver meals to community members, the beautiful smile you leave behind knowing you had made someone happy for a short time.\u201d<\/p>\n
During her years of volunteering, Mrs Young has not missed one year in 50 years of delivering Easter Eggs on Easter Sunday to residents in aged care in Ararat, often accompanied by her grandson.<\/p>\n
Thirty-five-year service awards were presented to two long serving members of the Willaura Health Care Auxiliary, Mandy Heard and Sue Coutts and a 30-year service award to Val Tosch, who volunteers at the Patricia Hinchey Centre.<\/p>\n
Guest speakers at the awards were a panel of community members from Pomonal, including Russ Kellett, Colin Macaffer, Barb Venn and Pep Atchison, who spoke about their experiences during and in the aftermath following the devastating Pomonal bush fires earlier this year.<\/p>\n
They provided a moving insight into the community and how they have coped with the impact of the fires, demonstrating the true spirit of volunteerism and community resilience.<\/p>\n
The event was emceed by Volunteer Coordinator Hannah Jennings and attended by EGHS executive, staff and volunteers and hosted by EGHS Board Director Lisa Davidson, with awards presented by Board Directors Cam Evans and Megan Shea.<\/p>\n
EGHS chief executive Nick Bush paid tribute to the 150 volunteers who work across many different areas of the health service.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur extraordinary volunteers are an integral part of our EGHS community, and we are here to celebrate their outstanding efforts,\u201d Mr Bush said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey provide comfort and care to those in need, and this does not go unnoticed. They have become part of the fabric of East Grampians Health Service.<\/p>\n
Other awards presented included: 20 years\u2019 service – Graham Bull (Murray to Moyne), Pauline Weeks (Red Cross), Jasmine Chalmers (Patricia Hinchey Centre \u2013 Vale); 15 years\u2019 service – Ceal Gubbins (Ark Toy and Activity Library), Ian Carman (Meals on Wheels), Merren McIntosh (EGHS Auxiliary), Charlie Reid (Murray to Moyne), Wayne Klauss (Murray to Moyne), Graeme Foster (Murray to Moyne); 10 years\u2019 service – Gary Brumby (Murray to Moyne), Lisa Haddow (Murray to Moyne), Rick Klauss (Patricia Hinchey Centre); 5 years\u2019 service – Bernadette Fitzpatrick (70 Lowe Street), Dianne Carr (Ark Toy and Activity Library), Lee Kaleta (Ark Toy and Activity Library), Laura White (Murray to Moyne), Kerry Coone (Residents\u2019 Support Group), Jeanette Hawley (Residents\u2019 Support Group), Linda Kerr (Residents\u2019 Support Group), Julie Kuchel (Residents\u2019 Support Group), Liz Arbon-Ellis (Meals on Wheels).<\/p>\n
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EAST Grampians Health Service has recognised the work and support of its 150 volunteers at the 19th Volunteer Service Recognition Awards, including an incredible 50 years\u2019 service by Marg Young.
\nAt the awards, 25 volunteers were recognised for five, 10, 15, 20, 30, 35 and 50 years.
\nMarg Young said volunteering had been incredibly rewarding.
\n\u201cI knew from the age of 16 when I was a volunteer for the Red Cross in Maryborough, that I wanted to be involved with the elderly,\u201d Mrs Young said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2705,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"coauthors":[31],"class_list":["post-2710","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theadvocate.net.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Board-Director-Megan-Shea-and-Marg-Young-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1707&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pdqUu4-HI","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theadvocate.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2710","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theadvocate.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theadvocate.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theadvocate.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theadvocate.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2710"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theadvocate.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2710\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theadvocate.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2705"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theadvocate.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theadvocate.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theadvocate.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2710"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theadvocate.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=2710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}